Geometridae : Larentiinae
Haworth's Pug
EUPITHECIA haworthiata Doubleday, 1856
Haworth's Pug
EUPITHECIA haworthiata Doubleday, 1856
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 12-14mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( excluding - Azores, Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Finland,Latvia,Lithuania,Madeira,Malta,
Norway,Portugal & Russia) : Asia Minor : Caucusus
UK Distribution: Recorded where larval food plants grows in England,north to Yorkshire,north Wales and Anglesey : Ireland - thinly distributed : Channel Isles - local and occasional
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Where larval food plant grows : Open Woodland : Woodland Rides : Hedgerows : Gardens
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates in cocoon just below soil,where it overwinters.
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: This small pug can be distinguished from its similar species E.plumbeolata (Haworth, 1809) by the red band at base of abdomen. Both species are weakly marked individuals with faint or absent discal spot and cross lines that kink near the costa. The costa is slightly curved on this moth.
Moth can be flushed from host plant during the day and is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( excluding - Azores, Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Finland,Latvia,Lithuania,Madeira,Malta,
Norway,Portugal & Russia) : Asia Minor : Caucusus
UK Distribution: Recorded where larval food plants grows in England,north to Yorkshire,north Wales and Anglesey : Ireland - thinly distributed : Channel Isles - local and occasional
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Eupithecia haworthiata Doubleday, 1856
- Phalaena absinthiata Clerck, 1759
- Not Specified
Habitat: Where larval food plant grows : Open Woodland : Woodland Rides : Hedgerows : Gardens
Similar Species -
- Lead-coloured Pug - Eupithecia plumbeolata - (Haworth, 1809)
Pupa: Pupates in cocoon just below soil,where it overwinters.
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: This small pug can be distinguished from its similar species E.plumbeolata (Haworth, 1809) by the red band at base of abdomen. Both species are weakly marked individuals with faint or absent discal spot and cross lines that kink near the costa. The costa is slightly curved on this moth.
Moth can be flushed from host plant during the day and is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larva
Initially enters through tiny hole in the bud of Traveller's Joy or Old Man's Beard - Clematis vitalba where signs of frasse provides evidence of feeding within,...
Initially enters through tiny hole in the bud of Traveller's Joy or Old Man's Beard - Clematis vitalba where signs of frasse provides evidence of feeding within,...
before feeding on the flowers and unripe seeds of the flower
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Ranunculaceae - Buttercup - Crowfoot Family
- Clematis vitalba - Traveller's Joy
- Clematis vitalba - Traveller's Joy
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometroidea Geometridae Larentiinae Eupitheciini EUPITHECIA Curtis, 1825 Eupithecia haworthiata Doubleday, 1856 - [Phalaena] absinthiata Clerck, 1759 - Eupithecia haworthiata Doubleday, 1856 = Eupithecia isogrammaria Herrich-Schäffer,1848 = Eupithecia gozmanyi Vojnits 1972 - = EUPITHECIA Curtis 1825 = Tephroclystia Hübner 1825 - The Zoologist - a monthly journal of Natural History - v 14 (1856) - : Title Page : p.5141 - n.8 - Not Specified - E.h.f.obscura Lempke, 1969 - body and wings dull |